65 countries vy for Foreign Language Oscar consideration

Oct 13, 2010 by Ian Evans

Sixty-five countries have subitted films to be considered for the Foreign Language Film category at the 83rd Academy Awards®. The list includes first-time entrants Ethiopia and Greenland.

The list of submissions is as follows:

• Albania, East, West, East, Gjergj Xhuvani, director;
• Algeria, Hors la Loi (Outside the Law), Rachid Bouchareb, director;
• Argentina, Carancho, Pablo Trapero, director;
• Austria, La Pivellina, Tizza Covi and Rainer Frimmel, directors;
• Azerbaijan, The Precinct, Ilgar Safat, director;
• Bangladesh, Third Person Singular Number, Mostofa Sarwar Farooki, director;
• Belgium, Illegal, Olivier Masset-Depasse, director;
• Bosnia and Herzegovina, Circus Columbia, Danis Tanovic, director;
• Brazil, Lula, the Son of Brazil, Fabio Barreto, director;
• Bulgaria, Eastern Plays, Kamen Kalev, director;
• Canada, Incendies, Denis Villeneuve, director;
• Chile, The Life of Fish, Matias Bize, director;
• China, Aftershock, Feng Xiaogang, director;
• Colombia, Crab Trap, Oscar Ruiz Navia, director;
• Costa Rica, Of Love and Other Demons, Hilda Hidalgo, director;
• Croatia, The Blacks, Goran Devic and Zvonimir Juric, directors;
• Czech Republic, Kawasaki’s Rose, Jan Hrebejk, director;
• Denmark, In a Better World, Susanne Bier, director;
• Egypt, Messages from the Sea, Daoud Abdel Sayed, director;
• Estonia, The Temptation of St. Tony, Veiko Ounpuu, director;
• Ethiopia, The Athlete, Davey Frankel and Rasselas Lakew, directors;
• Finland, Steam of Life, Joonas Berghall and Mika Hotakainen, directors;
• France, Of Gods and Men, Xavier Beauvois, director;
• Georgia, Street Days, Levan Koguashvili, director;
• Germany, When We Leave, Feo Aladag, director;
• Greece, Dogtooth, Yorgos Lanthimos, director;
• Greenland, Nuummioq, Otto Rosing and Torben Bech, directors;
• Hong Kong, Echoes of the Rainbow, Alex Law, director;
• Hungary, Bibliotheque Pascal, Szabolcs Hajdu, director;
• Iceland, Mamma Gogo, Fridrik Thor Fridriksson, director;
• India, Peepli [Live], Anusha Rizvi, director;
• Indonesia, How Funny (Our Country Is), Deddy Mizwar, director;
• Iran, Farewell Baghdad, Mehdi Naderi, director;
• Iraq, Son of Babylon, Mohamed Al-Daradji, director;
• Israel, The Human Resources Manager, Eran Riklis, director;
• Italy, La Prima Cosa Bella (The First Beautiful Thing), Paolo Virzi, director;
• Japan, Confessions, Tetsuya Nakashima, director;
• Kazakhstan, Strayed, Akan Satayev, director;
• Korea, A Barefoot Dream, Tae-kyun Kim, director;
• Kyrgyzstan, The Light Thief, Aktan Arym Kubat, director;
• Latvia, Hong Kong Confidential, Maris Martinsons, director;
• Macedonia, Mothers, Milcho Manchevski, director;
• Mexico, Biutiful, Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu, director;
• Netherlands, Tirza, Rudolf van den Berg, director;
• Nicaragua, La Yuma, Florence Jaugey, director;
• Norway, The Angel, Margreth Olin, director;
• Peru, Undertow (Contracorriente), Javier Fuentes-Leon, director;
• Philippines, Noy, Dondon S. Santos and Rodel Nacianceno, directors;
• Poland, All That I Love, Jacek Borcuch, director;
• Portugal, To Die Like a Man, Joao Pedro Rodrigues, director;
• Puerto Rico, Miente (Lie), Rafael Mercado, director;
• Romania, If I Want to Whistle, I Whistle, Florin Serban, director;
• Russia, The Edge, Alexey Uchitel, director;
• Serbia, Besa, Srdjan Karanovic, director;
• Slovakia, Hranica (The Border), Jaroslav Vojtek, director;
• Slovenia, 9:06, Igor Sterk, director;
• South Africa, Life, above All, Oliver Schmitz, director;
• Spain, Tambien la Lluvia (Even the Rain), Iciar Bollain, director;
• Sweden, Simple Simon, Andreas Ohman, director;
• Switzerland, La Petite Chambre, Stephanie Chuat and Veronique Reymond, directors;
• Taiwan, Monga, Chen-zer Niu, director;
• Thailand, Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives, Apichatpong Weerasethakul, director;
• Turkey, Bal (Honey), Semih Kaplanoglu, director;
• Uruguay, La Vida Util, Federico Veiroj, director;
• Venezuela, Hermano, Marcel Rasquin, director.

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